noun
- Plural of crawdaddy; freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, found in streams and rivers.
Usage: informal; chiefly U.S. Southern and Midwestern dialect; also called crayfish or crawfish
Examples
- The children caught crawdaddies in the creek with their bare hands.
- We boiled a pot of crawdaddies for the summer cookout.
- Crawdaddies hide under rocks in shallow streams.
- The recipe called for fresh crawdaddies from the local market.
- He used crawdaddies as bait when fishing for bass.